A little dishonesty in my life.....

[NeOmega]

from ASI. ASI stands for Audience Studies Inc.

So here is the story....

I get a call a couple of days ago, telling me they are doing a new show, and they want feedback on it. They say they will send me a vhs tape, and a questionairre packet. I thought it would be fun to actually have a say what would be on TV, so I agreed.

Got the tape today, and finally started to watch it.

Right off the bat, something was wrong. For one, the Sitcom was called 'Dads", and was as pretentious as the title. But the "loser young divorced dad" was wearing a tshirt, with open flannel, a la 1997. There was a full-house-esque guitar riff between scenes, and Rue Mclanahan (A la Golden Girls) lookd about 10 years younger than she should.

Then one of the dad's beeper went off. BEEPER? WHO THE **** USES A BEEPER ANYMORE?

I watched for about 3 more minutes, but I was pissed. They wanted me to give feedback on the commercials, not the show. The show was rejected by ABC or CBS or NBC many years ago.



So I looked it up, and sho' nuff, little dishonest trick.

http://www.tvweek.com/article.cms?articleId=29535

http://www.ribarambles.org/2005_12_18_j_archive.htm

http://www.oddtodd.com/message191.html

[Jon Miller]

In my Physics lab everyone has beepers..

JM

[Dr Strangelove]

Many doctors have beepers. They don't want to hassle with cell phones during surgery or rounds. Could you imagine trying to reply to a cell phone call during a colonoscopy?

[chequita guevara]

weird

[Zopperoni]

Re: A little dishonesty in my life.....

[My emphasis]

Originally posted by NeOmega
They say they will send me a vhs tape

This was when the alarm bells should've gone off...

[Dis]

Re: Re: A little dishonesty in my life.....

Originally posted by Zopperoni
[My emphasis]

This was when the alarm bells should've gone off...

better than them sending you are beta max tape.

[Az]

[NeOmega]

It was a vhs tape, because it was self-erasing... only playable once.

Now I have a new refrigerator magnet.

[Ecthy]

What does a VHS-produces magnet look like?

[NeOmega]

small but powerful

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Many doctors have beepers. They don't want to hassle with cell phones during surgery or rounds. Could you imagine trying to reply to a cell phone call during a colonoscopy?

Couldn't they just put them in their locker during surgery? It's not like they will be able to respond to their beepers during surgery either.

[Zkribbler]

Just out of curiosity...

How were they going to get your feedback on the commericials, when they were asking you for feedback on the show??

[NeOmega]

they have a packet they sent, that says they give away 50 $100 prizes every month if you turn it in.

I am going to try and record tomorrows interview, for a friends podcast... I think I might be able to have a little fun with this. It is rare to know you are going to get a dishonest telemarketer/surveyor, and from poking around on the net, I know what most of the questions will be like.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
... Could you imagine trying to reply to a cell phone call during a colonoscopy?

Yea honey I'd really like to talk, but I'm having a colonoscopy right now.